Books in the World Scientific Series On Nonlinear Science Series B series

Intends to provide a better understanding of the dynamics and control of a large class of hybrid dynamical systems that are described by different models in different state space domains. This title covers important aspects and tools for hybrid systems analysis and control, and a number of experimental realizations.

Offers a compilation of selected papers from the conference on Physics and Control 2009, presenting a unified perspective underlying the thematics and strategies related to the control of physical systems with emerging applications in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and other natural sciences.

This book comprises the most recent advanced results on nonlinear electronic circuits, and the contents range from networks, synchronization, memristors to several other topics. Both theory and advanced timely results are included. It provides an overview of popular themes in the field of nonlinear dynamics of electronic circuits with contributions from outstanding scientists.

What is synchronization? This book will show how the concept of closeness of states or frequencies between two dynamical systems has evolved from synchronization to consensus. Part 1 introduces the concepts and mathematical descriptions of Generalized Synchronization (GS) while Part 2 covers Generalized Consensus (GC).It is suitable for researchers and practitioners undertaking the studies of synchronization and consensus of multi-agent systems, graduate students and senior undergraduate students with the backgrounds in calculus, linear algebra and ordinary differential equations, equipped with computer programming skills, in mathematics, physics, engineering and even social sciences.